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Lot 171 Dα

A Neoclassical cast iron cameo demi parure

Auction 1065 - overview Berlin
30.04.2016, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
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A Neoclassical cast iron cameo demi parure

A Neoclassical cast iron cameo demi parure. Comprising a collier and a pair of two-part pendant earrings. Designed as a string of graduated gold-rimmed links with portraits after classical intaglios connected by a gold clasp. The matching earrings with relief medallions and gold loop findings. In a case of the period. Prussian iron foundries, Berlin or Gleiwitz, ca. 1815. H of links 1.9 - 3.8 cm. L 41 cm. H earrings 4.5 cm.

Provenance

German aristocratic ownership.

Literature

Cf. Marquardt, Schmuck - Klassizismus und Biedermeier 1780 - 1850, Munich 1983, cat.no. 493 for a highly similar garland collier kept in the British Museum in London.